I am having a somewhat serious battery problem in my car (86 ford baby
ltd wagon). My 2 week old battery is still getting wet on top, I noticed it
yesterday (again) and got the cow brand (baking soda) out and mixed up a
small amount with water and poured the mixture on to the top of the battery
and presto.... bubbles like crazy. On my previous battery it was bubbling
and the top was always wet due to a very small pin hole under the battery
terminal (top post), but there is no hole or nothing on the new battery.

What could be causing my new battery to boil over?

Tia
Snow...

 

Overcharging.
Have your charging system checked out carefully.

"Snow" <snowball_2004@msn.com> wrote in message
news:GhG5b.3098$I_2.430228@news20.bellglobal.com.. .
> I am having a somewhat serious battery problem in my car (86 ford baby
> ltd wagon). My 2 week old battery is still getting wet on top, I noticed
it
> yesterday (again) and got the cow brand (baking soda) out and mixed up a
> small amount with water and poured the mixture on to the top of the
battery
> and presto.... bubbles like crazy. On my previous battery it was bubbling
> and the top was always wet due to a very small pin hole under the battery
> terminal (top post), but there is no hole or nothing on the new battery.
>
> What could be causing my new battery to boil over?
>
> Tia
> Snow...
>
>

 

Overcharging.
Have your charging system checked out carefully.

"Snow" <snowball_2004@msn.com> wrote in message
news:GhG5b.3098$I_2.430228@news20.bellglobal.com.. .
> I am having a somewhat serious battery problem in my car (86 ford baby
> ltd wagon). My 2 week old battery is still getting wet on top, I noticed
it
> yesterday (again) and got the cow brand (baking soda) out and mixed up a
> small amount with water and poured the mixture on to the top of the
battery
> and presto.... bubbles like crazy. On my previous battery it was bubbling
> and the top was always wet due to a very small pin hole under the battery
> terminal (top post), but there is no hole or nothing on the new battery.
>
> What could be causing my new battery to boil over?
>
> Tia
> Snow...
>
>

 

I would guess your alternator was putting out too much or something was
really drawing big power so the charging rate to recover is too high.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Snow wrote:
>
> I am having a somewhat serious battery problem in my car (86 ford baby
> ltd wagon). My 2 week old battery is still getting wet on top, I noticed it
> yesterday (again) and got the cow brand (baking soda) out and mixed up a
> small amount with water and poured the mixture on to the top of the battery
> and presto.... bubbles like crazy. On my previous battery it was bubbling
> and the top was always wet due to a very small pin hole under the battery
> terminal (top post), but there is no hole or nothing on the new battery.
>
> What could be causing my new battery to boil over?
>
> Tia
> Snow...

 

I would guess your alternator was putting out too much or something was
really drawing big power so the charging rate to recover is too high.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Snow wrote:
>
> I am having a somewhat serious battery problem in my car (86 ford baby
> ltd wagon). My 2 week old battery is still getting wet on top, I noticed it
> yesterday (again) and got the cow brand (baking soda) out and mixed up a
> small amount with water and poured the mixture on to the top of the battery
> and presto.... bubbles like crazy. On my previous battery it was bubbling
> and the top was always wet due to a very small pin hole under the battery
> terminal (top post), but there is no hole or nothing on the new battery.
>
> What could be causing my new battery to boil over?
>
> Tia
> Snow...